JAKARTA - The world is witnessing the horrors in Palestine day after day, UN Deputy Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Assistance Coordinator Tom Fletcher said, as the United States again vetoed a UN Security Council resolution draft urging a ceasefire immediately in the Gaza Strip.
The US used veto rights as a permanent member when the council held a vote on a UN Security Council resolution draft demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip, Palestine; unrestricted access to aid distribution in the enclave; as well as the release of all remaining hostages. detained.
The draft resolution was submitted by all members of the council, Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, South Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, and Somalia.
Together with China, France, Russia, and Britain, all proposed resolutions provided support in the vote at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, United States on Wednesday local time.
Meanwhile, the US, who is also a permanent member of the council, opted for veto rights.
"The world is watching, day after day, a terrible sight from Palestinians who were shot, injured or killed in Gaza while trying to eat," UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said earlier.
The UN Security Council's draft resolution this time demands an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip, Palestine; unrestricted access to aid distribution in the enclave; as well as the release of all remaining hostages.
Meanwhile, British Ambassador to the United Nations Barbara Woodward criticized the Israeli government's decision to expand its military operations in Gaza and severely restricted humanitarian aid as "unjustible, disproportionate and counterproductive", as quoted by Reuters.
#BREAKINGUN Security Council FAILS TO ADOPT draft resolution that would have demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and the release of all hostages held by Hamas and other groups
Voting resultsIn favor: 14Against: 1 (US) pic.twitter.com/le6tNror30
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#BREAKINGUN Security Council FAILS TO ADOPT draft resolution that would have demand an immediately, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and the release of all hosts held by Hamas and other groups
Vote resulting resultsInfavor: 14Against: 1 (US) pic.twitter.com/le6tNror30
Separately, Israel itself has rejected calls for an unconditional or permanent ceasefire, saying Hamas cannot stay in Gaza.
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon told board members who voted in support of the draft: "You vote for distribution and surrender. You choose a path that doesn't lead to peace. Just lead to more terror."
Last November, the US also vetoed a draft UN DK resolution urging a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Like this draft resolution, the draft resolution at that time was also proposed by all members of the council. That is the fifth time the US has blocked a resolution that has called for a Gaza ceasefire since the start of its escalation in October 2023, quoted from TASS.
It is known that the UN DK resolution voting mechanism requires at least nine votes to support, out of a total of 15 council members, without veto from one of the permanent members of the council consisting of the United States, Britain, China, Russia, and France.
It is known that the latest conflict in Gaza broke out on October 7, after a Palestinian militant group led by Hamas attacked Israel's southern region, leaving 1,200 people dead and 251 others held hostage according to Israeli calculations.
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Israel responded to this by blocking, airstrikes, and carrying out military operations in the Gaza Strip region.
On January 19, the two countries imposed a ceasefire agreement and exchanged hostages, following a deal reached days earlier between Hamas and Israel through Egyptian, Qatar and US intermediaries.
Israel again carried out a total blockade of all aid on March 2, saying it was carried out to pressure the Hamas group to accept the ceasefire's proposal and release all hostages in the Gaza Strip.
Separately, health sources in Gaza on Wednesday confirmed that the death toll of Palestinians in Gaza since the latest conflict broke out has reached 54,607 people, the majority of children and women, while injured as of 125,341 people, quoted from WAFA.
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